Update: Police identify driver in two-county chase

Auburn, NY -- A Syracuse man lead police on a two-county police chase that started in Syracuse and ended in Auburn on Friday morning.

John Besaw of Centennial Drive faces charges of criminal possession of stolen property, grand larceny, and a number of vehicle and traffic violations, Syracuse police said.

Police said the chase began on Shonnard Street after the Onondaga County E-911 Center received a report of a stolen car around 9:05 a.m. Police, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies and North Syracuse state police chased the suspect in a white Toyota Yaris through the city and Onondaga County on Interstate 690, Route 695 and eventually on Route 5, where the chase was handed off to Cayuga County state police at 10 a.m.